This week’s photo challenge suggests we look back on images of 2017 – of course it IS coming up on New Year’s Eve, and that’s what we do, right?  As I looked back, I realized just how many birds were “shot” this year…  so rather than picking a favorite, I’m sharing a wide selection of our feathered friends!

This was posted in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge – “2017 Favorites”.  Click here for more responses!

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Wren

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Saw-Whet Owl

Eastern Bluebird

Mourning Dove

Canada Goose

Osprey

Dark-Eyed Junco

Carolina Chickadee

Black Vulture

Bald Eagle

Barn Swallow

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Hairy Woodpecker

Osprey

Great Blue Heron

Goldfinch

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Carolina Chickadee

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Sandpiper

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Bald Eagle

American Robin

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

Blue Jay